high altitude

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? We had chickens when we were kids. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 10 brand new little ones. (3) What breeds do you have? ISA Brown, a crossbreed of chicken, with sex-linked coloration. It...

Hi everyone, I’m looking to incubate at 7,500 ft here in New Mexico. I was wondering if anyone else here is a high altitude/ dry air hatcher, what incubator they use, and what tips they have! So far, I’ve heard that still air incubators work best for low humidity areas. Oh and one other thing to...

I have searched and see a lot of different answers on this, this is our second incubation attempt the first time we had only 1 hatch out of 33 eggs the rest were quitters, we thought the temp might be off, we also had hi humidity on the last attempt with some condensation on some eggs. We bought...

Anyone experienced at high altitude hatching? The humidity here is very low as I am in the high desert at over 5000 feet. My still air incubator has gone wacko with wide temperature fluctuations. It fried 3 dozen eggs, with temps soaring to 106 F on a day that started at 99.5 F. No sun, temps...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I actually became a chicken mama on Mother's Day 2017 :) So my boyfriend and I are still relatively new to chickens and we are learning as we go. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? We have 5 ladies that are 22 weeks old...